Tank



C. H. LOOP.

' TANK.

' Armenien FILED sEPT.25. 1920. 1,416,849. Patented May 23, 1922.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

C. H. LOOP.4

TANK.

APPLICAHON FILED $5121.25, 19.20.

Patented May'23,1922.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

r ortica.

CHARLES H. L00?, 0F PAWEFUS-KA, OKLAHOMA, ASSIGNOR TO CfI-l'. LGOP STEEL vlLIAlTU- -FACTUiBiING COMPANY, A CORPORATION' 0F OKLAHOMA.

TANK

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To-wll whom it may concern i Be it known that I, CHARLES H. LooP, a

citizen of the United States of America, and

`resident of Pawhuska, in the county'of v Osage and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements` in Tanks, cation.

This invention relates to tank construction, it being the primary object of the inventionv to provide novel means forming partv of the tank for reenforcing the sam of which the following is a speciin a manner to eliminate any possibility o' the tank bulging under the pressure of the contents thereof.

A further object of the invention is to provide a tank having means to adjust the staves inv` the construction of the tank to move the staves in proper relation with each other.

" A still further object ofthe invention is.

the provision of novel means for connecting the staves at their adjacent edges `to insure againstv leakage at -their points of connec- With the 'foregoing and other objects in view, thevinvention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully vsetforth and claimed. l

Inv describingthe invention indetail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, wherein like characters denote correspondingr parts in the several views, and in which- 4 Figure ll illustratesa vertical sectional view through a tank constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Figure 2 illustrates a fragmental sectional view of the supportingpost and adjusting arm connection;

Figure 3 illustrates a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Figure'2;

Figure 4 illustrates a fragmental detail view of the connected edges of adjacent staves and the bracing rod;

Figure 5 illustrates a fragmental detail view of the connection between the staves and bottom of the tank;

FigureI 6 illustrates the connection between the plates forming the bottom of the tank as employed in shop construction;

Figure 7 illustrates a fragment-al detail Specification of Letters lfatent. Patented Misty 23, 1922. Application filed Septembel`` 25, I1920. Serial'No. l12,728. A. i

View of a modified form of connection between the plates of'th'e bottom as employed 1n Iieldconstr'uction;

Figure 8 illustrates a sectional view taken on the line `8 8 lof Figure 6; and

4side walls thereof will aline with each other. Disposed between the adjacent surfaces of,

adjacent plates is a suitable packing indicated at 8, the packing being of a length to extend the entire length of the plates, thus insuring a fluid tight connection between the plates, it being understood, however, that suitable bolt holes are provided in the plates and packing to receive the bolts 9.

The side walls of the. tank include plates disposed in parallel relation with each other, which also have offset portions to accommodate the adjacent plate in a manner as described. The plates have connect-ion with the head 6 as clearly illustrated by Figure 5 of the drawing and inv which the staves or plates which are indicated by the reference stated, however, that a reenforcingstrip 1i extends around the tank, and overlies the portion 11 to secure the bolts 12 and insure a close fit between the angular portions 11 and plates Aof the head.

Supported between the bolts l2 are the strips 15, in the nature of packing strips which strips cause the reenforcing strip to bulge when the bolts l2 are secured in their Supported within the tank proper position, thereby providing means to cause the reenforcing strip to closely engage the bolts 12. t

is an upright or supporting post 16, .which post is formed in sections, the upper section 17 of which is threaded in the socket member 1S, secured to the head 6, substantially centrally thereof, and held in such positionby means -of the bolts 19, which pass through the head and through suitable openings in the socket mem- The lower extremity of the scctlon 17 is threaded to accommodate the turn buckle 20,`which turn b-uckle also cooperates with the-threaded extension 21- of the post 16, the lower extremity of the post 16 being sitioned in the threaded socket member 22 which is bolted to the bottom 5 of the tank, as by means of the lbolts 23.

From the foregoing, it is obvious that by rotation of the turn buckle 20, the head and bottom of thek tank may be moved with espect to each other to take'up for any bu ging of either the head or the bottom, so that the head 6 and bottom 5 may be held in proper relation with each other at all times. i

The adjusting rods 24 form an important feature of the invention, the adjusting rodsf having their outer extremities formed at right angles to the body portions thereof, which'outer extremities are bolted to the staves 10 as by means of the bolts 25, as clearly shown by Figure 4 of the drawing.

These adjusting rods are also formed in sections,l the innerl section of each rod being bolted to the circular securing member 26 which is secured to the supporting post 16 at' a point substantially intermediate the ends thereof, as by means of the clips 27 which are-positioned on opposite sides of the securing member 26, as illustrated more clearly by Figure 2 of the drawing. The outer eX- tremity of each inner section is threaded as at 28 to accommodate' the turn buckle 29 which also operates over the threaded portion 30 of the outer section of the adjusting rod associated therewith, so that movement of the turn buckle will result in av relative movement of the staves to compensate for any bulging thereof. i j

As shown, these adjusting rods are 4arranged in pairs having their inner sections converging towards the securing mem-v ber 26 the ends being secured as by means of the bolts 31 which pass through the ends of lthe inner sections'and through the circular securing ymember 26. I The outer sections of these adjusting rods diverge; as clearly shown in Figure lof the drawings, so that the staves will be braced at points adjacent to the ends thereof.

A securing member 32 is supported by the.

sup-porting post at a point 'adjacent to the upper extremity 4thereof' and -this securing member 32 provides means for connecting the adjusting rods 33 -to the supporting post 16, the rods 33 being also Iprovided with turn Abucklesy34 whereby the sections of the rods may be adjusted with respect to each other and since these rods l33 have connectionwith the head 6it is obvious that movement of the turn buckles 3d will result in a movement of the head 6 to cause the same to maintain a proper position with respect to the staves 10. j

Secured. to the inner surface of the offset portion of each of the 'staves' ata point where the adjacent edges-of staves contact with each other, is an'angle iron indicated at 35, which angle irons extend the entire length of the tank and are bolted thereto as by means of the bolts 19 the heads of which extend beyond the outer periphery of the tank proper, thereby permitting an operator to tighten the bolts from a polnty exteriorly of the tank to tighten theconnection between adjacent staves in the event that a leaking connection'is detected. Y.

In the form of connection asillustrated by re 7 of the drawings, it will be -seen that the offset portion has been eliminated, the adjacent edges of. the staves overlapping as, indicated at 36,v the overlapping edges being connected as by meanspof the bolts 37. It has been found'in practice that thisform of connection is' more desirable for Shop use than' the connection illustrated by Figure 6, the connection being more easily constructed, while the form of invention 'as illustrated by Figure 6 is morev adaptable for field use. I

WVhile I have shown and described a tank circular in cross section, it is to be understood that the 'contour of the tank may be changed to meet various requirements such change being within the scope of the invention. I f

ItA might be further stated'that the tank is provided with suitable manholes and inlet or exhaust pipes, the locations of which mayi persons constructing be determined by the tank.

I claim t' `A tank including a head and a bottom, staves connecting the head and bottom, each of the staves having right angled ends, a reinforcing strip positioned over the right angled ends, bolts extending through the right angled ends, strips and bottom for securing the same together, and packing strips of materialidisposed between the bolts and under the reinforcing strips for causing the strips tobulge.

c. H. Loop. 

